New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-08-06

rho clint of the home Market Mr.. Maynard might
sell first-class beat TO some newspaper If he
wonld furnish trustworthy information as to
where that "Glutr exists. And then he ought
10 explain why the Administration, which Is
charged with that duty, does not stop these
undervaluations which he says are doing so
much injury TO the country. Perhaps he Is
willing 10 admit the incompetency of his own
department
Mr.. Sheehan, the Democratic leader Of the last
Assembly, says he is going back 10 Albany next
winter Well, there were several worse men than
he there though few more noisy.
There is no place like the land we live in
Despite Cleveland and Rosscr and Higgins,
despite the Mugwumps and the Anarchists, despite
the third party people and tho cranks, IL is still
the best country in the world. While other
lands are grooming about their military burdens,
we are using what army we have to build bridges,
improve harbors and construct the works OF
peace. While other nations groaning and
twisting 70 make ends meet, wondering
how to dispose OF our surplus. And now here
is the Russian Car half crazy because his
subjects are quitting his domnons in thousands
or moving of where they unavailable either
10 fight or TO pay for military and civil estab-
lshmcnts, while are exercised only to ac-
commodate our insurging population and 20 give
the people employment and homes. The Republic
is the land in which to thrive and be happy.
The Kentucky earthquake shows disastrous
fault in the Bourbon Democracy.
The Mugwump press is naturally abashed by
Mr. Curts's plain talk about the collapse OF
Civil Service reform under the Cleveland Ad-
ministration After Juggling hard at its boot
straps in n frantic effort to lift itself over the
fence, il fecbly remarks that IL there has been
any failure il is not through the Presidents
fault, but because public sentiment has not been
up TO the mark, and in any event Civil Service
reform has gained more under his Administration
than at any time since the cause has been talked
about. What drive ling nonsense this is If
public sentiment in favor of Civil Service reform
has declined 1t is largely because there has been
so much of shallow, hypocritical pretence and so
little OF genuine performance under the present
Administration This is practical people that
soon wearies OF cant. and when it finds that
reform pretensions do not go beyond high sound
ing procamations it cannot help distrusting the
cause and despising its ud-mouthcd advocates.
Civil Service reform owes more TO President
Arthur, under whom the act first put in
operation and fairly tested than to President
Cleveland, who has thoroughly dscredted the
cause by pretending TO believe in it while practi-
cally turning out nine out Of every ten Re-
publican oflice-holdcrs.
Ex-AIayor LAtrobc, Of Baltimore, says that
Higgins is much bigger figure out of Maryland
than in il. This knocks the law of perspective
into "a cooked hat. The Cleveland perspective,
however, reverses rood many things.
Mr.. Wilfred Laurier, the new leader OF the
Canadian Liberal party, is anxious 10 bring about
closer relations between his country and the
United States. What relation could be more init
mate than one which compcls an American
admiral 10 join forces with the captain OF a
Canadian cruiser and practically assist him in
denying 10 American fishermen their CLAIMED
rights. There is such n thing as carrying the
closcncss Of ones relations too far.
Acknowledgement o. Brien is credited with writ
ing letter stating that the Legislature in
failing TO provide for a constitutional convention
this year neglected to perform plain duty.
wlful and deliberate refusal 10 perform duty
noined by law involves, OF course, violation
in n public officer OF his oath OF office" We
trust II will turn out that the letter is forgery.
or il 10 isn't then Ol5ricn has simply written
himself down as n wilfui and deliberate faisiher
Of the public record. The Legislature did pro-
vide for constitutional convention, hut Governor
Hin in the exercise OF unscrupulousness brought
the provision 10 nausht. o Bren ought either
promptly 10 dsown the letter or bring an action
against himself for libcling the Legislature.
The Democrats have been shouting for many
years that the Navy was worthlcss-good for
nothing. The Administration is turning it 10
some use. 1t seems to be worth something as
an auxiliary fleet to the Canadian cruisers In
soaring American fishermen out OF DOMINION ports.
Two guns burst at the English naval review at tho
mouth of the Thames yesterday. TUE TRIBUNE VIII
DO Interested In knowing whether these guns were
made by the Government OF private CONTRACTORS
Its theory this country seems 10 be that the Gov
ernmenL naval constructors ard cquppcrs cannot
compete with the political contractors On tho out
side-(New-Yvik World
No such senselcss theory can be attributed TO
us with justice Not line can be quoted from
our columns in support of "The World s. FAM
tast!c assertion.
II the President had been invited TO Newport
and had known In advance how sharply Mr..
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